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单词 north-away
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north-awayadv.

Brit. /ˈnɔːθəˌweɪ/, U.S. /ˈnɔrθəˌweɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adv., away adv., adj., and n.
Etymology: < north adv. + away adv., adj., and n. Compare earlier west-away adv. and later south-away adv.
1. Towards the north. Obsolete.
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1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 153 They intended to have gone North away to Highgate.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake (ed. 2) ii. ix. 101 He waved his sceptre north away, The arctic ring was rift asunder.
a1849 H. Coleridge Poems (1851) II. 96 Sweet stranger lady, of a southern land, And hast thou ventured so far north away?
1888–94 R. Browning Poet. Wks. VIII. 21 I looked A bowshot to the street's end, north away Out of the Roman gate.
2. In the north. Now rare.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adverb]
northeOE
by northc893
northwardseOE
northwardOE
benorth1087
norwarda1450
northly1480
northerly1538
northernly1576
northenwards1591
at north1625
septentrionally1646
north-about1673
norwards1673
northernly1679
northwardly1726
anorth1807
north-away1820
northbound1867
up-along1908
1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xvii. 187 They are as sharp here north-away as in canny Yorkshire herself.
1878 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 370 The heap of grey stones with a grey roof that we call a house north-away.
1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King 197 Going swiftly to lesser posts and strongholds north-away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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